sacrament
Meanings
Plural: sacraments
Noun
- a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction
- A sacred act and the attendant ceremony, considered (theology) an outward sign of divine grace.
- The Eucharist.
- The consecrated Eucharist (especially the bread).
- Anything regarded as possessing a sacred character or mysterious significance.
- The oath of allegiance taken by soldiers in Ancient Rome; hence, any sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath.
Verb
- To bind by an oath.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English sacrament, from Old French sacrement, from Ecclesiastical Latin sacrāmentum (“sacrament”), from Latin sacrō (“hallow, consecrate”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”), originally sum deposited by parties to a suit.
Scrabble Score: 13
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Words With Friends Score: 16
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